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Focusing Tip #912 – Difficult Feelings – Focusing with feeling stunned and heartbroken

ByAnn Weiser Cornell November 6, 2024May 12, 2025

Wondering how to listen to parts that are stunned and heartbroken? Read on… Dear Reader: Last week I wrote about how to…

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Focusing Tip #902 – Parts – “It doesn’t always feel like just something in me”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell August 21, 2024April 2, 2025

Does it sometimes not feel true to say “it’s something in me”? Read on… Angela writes: The other day I was starting…

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Focusing Tip #885 – “I’m trying to cut back and do less”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell April 10, 2024February 3, 2025

When you try to cut back on all you are doing, do you hit resistance? Read on… A Reader writes: I’m getting…

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Overwhelming Emotions | How to Feel Uncomfortable Feelings

ByAnn Weiser Cornell October 17, 2023July 9, 2024

The most powerful thing you can do for yourself when it’s hard to be with what you feel is to acknowledge how…

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Anxiety, Overwhelm, and Stress: Returning to Your Calm Steady Center

ByAnn Weiser Cornell March 16, 2023July 9, 2024

When stress levels are up and calm feels a thousand miles away, being taken over by anxious parts of you is even…

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Anxiety, Overwhelm, and Stress: Enjoyable Feelings As A Resource

ByAnn Weiser Cornell March 14, 2023July 9, 2024

Enjoyable feelings can be an empowering resource when uncomfortable feelings show up. In Inner Relationship Focusing, we teach you to turn toward…

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Anxiety, Overwhelm, and Stress: A Process to Find Calm

ByAnn Weiser Cornell March 2, 2023August 27, 2024

Strong, uncomfortable feelings like anxiety, stress, and anger can be overwhelming. But you can find your way to a calmer place when…

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“What can I do in the middle of getting hijacked?”
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Focusing Tip #813 – How do I stop doing my unhealthy habit?

ByAnn Weiser Cornell September 21, 2022July 9, 2024

If you wish you didn’t indulge so much, what can you do when it happens? Read on… A Reader writes: Last week you…

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“I wish I could let my strong feelings go and get on with life.”
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Focusing Tip #807 – “I wish I could let my feelings go and get on with life.”

ByAnn Weiser Cornell August 3, 2022July 9, 2024

What can you do with strong feelings that seem to be in your way? Read on… Helen writes: I get strong feelings…

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"I try to find a part that is calm and like Presence, and I can’t. I’m all agitated or depressed, all of me, all over."
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Focusing Tip #620 – How to cultivate Self-in-Presence when you don’t feel like it

ByAnn Weiser Cornell August 15, 2018July 15, 2024

What if you feel agitated or depressed and that is all you feel? Read on… A Reader writes: You have talked about how…

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